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Pronuncia (p. 42-43) In English, the sound /t/ is aspirated; that is, pronounced with a little puff of air In Italian, /t/ is never aspirated. The tip of the tongue is pressed against the back of the upper front teeth. Compare the /t/ in the English and Italian words too and tu, telephone and telefono. The sound /t/ is represented in writing by t or tt. Il suono della /t/ Il suono della /d/ The sound of the letter d in Italian, /d/, is pronounced more delicately than in English. The tip of the tongue touches the edge of the gum ridge just behind the upper front teeth. The sound /d/ is spelled d or dd.

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Materie dinsegamento (p. 43) A number of Italian nouns ending in –ia have English equivalents ending in –y, as in biologia (biology). The letters ph in some English words become the ltter f in their Italian counterparts, as in philosophy (filosofia).

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Che ora è? Che ore sono? (p. 44) Che ora è? and Che ore sono? (What time is it?) are used interchangeably. Sono le + the number of hours is used to tell what time it is. For fractions of an hour, Italian uses e + minutes. Times after the half-hour are usually expressed by subtracting minutes from the next full hour, using meno (minus). Un quarto (a quarter) and mezzo (half) often replace quindici and trenta.

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Che ora è? Che ore sono? (p. 44) Italians often use the twenty-four hour clock for official times, such as schedules and appointments. The expressions di mattina (in the morning), del pomeriggio (in the afternoon), and di sera (in the evening) are sometimes used for clarity when not using the twenty-four hour clock. A che ora? (At what time?) is used to ask at what time an event or action takes place. Alle + time is used in the response (alle due, alle otto, etc.). The only exceptions are a mezzogiorno, a mezzanotte, and alluna.

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Italian has different endings for plural nouns, according to the final letter of the singular from.

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Plurale dei nomi (p. 47) Nouns that are abbreviated forms do not change in the plural. Most nouns ending in -co, -go, -ca, and -ga add h in the written plural to preserve the hard sound of the c or g. Amico is an exception.

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Plurale dei nomi (p. 47) You and a partner are helping to take inventory in an electronics store. count how many of each item you see in the display case. Esempio: Una calcolatrice, due calcolatrici…

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In Italian, the definite article (the) agrees in number and in gender with the noun it modifies. The definite article is used to talk about specific persons, places or things. In a series, it is used before each noun. Nouns used in a general sense also take the definite article.

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Larticolo determinativo (p. 49) The definite article is generally used with the names of languages, except after parlare. The definite article is used with the courtesy titles signora, signorina and signore, and with professional titles, such as dottore and professore/professoressa, when talking about a person. It is not used when speaking directly to the person.

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Aggettivi possessivi (p. 51) Possessive adjectives are also used to express possession. Italian possessive adjectives are almost always preceded by a definite article. The article and the possessive adjective agree in gender and in number with the thing possessed. Note that loro is invariable.

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Aggettivi possessivi (p. 51) Unlike English, Italian does not specify the gender of the possessor. A possessive adjective referring to a relative is not preceded by a definite article when it occurs before a singular, unmodified noun. Plural nouns and loro + noun always take a definite article. The nouns mamma, papa, and babbo (dad) usually take a definite article. The preposition di + a noun is used to express possession or relationship The interrogative di chi? means whose?

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